AREA COVID-19 REPORT FOR AUGUST 16, 2021
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LEE ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWING PARENTS TO OPT OUT OF LOCAL MASK MANDATES
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates for their children. The Governor says Executive Order 84 gives parents the ability to opt the ...
NEIGHBOR DISPUTE TURNS DEADLY IN LOUDON COUNTY
A fight broke out between two men in Philadelphia in Loudon County Thursday afternoon. It ended in a shooting that left one man dead. Around 1:54 p.m., a 911 call came from Tony James, 62 years o ...
POLICE CAR COLLISION RESULTS IN ONE FATALITY
At around 3 a.m. on Friday, August 13, 2021, Knoxville Police Department officers were dispatched to an in-progress burglary at a business in the 4800 block of Kingston Pike. Responding officers were ...
TENNESSEE DOCTOR: NO BEDS, THERE ARE NO HOSPITAL BEDS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
A doctor in Middle Tennessee began his message with a stark and simple warning. "No beds. There are no beds." Dr. Geoff Lifferth, Chief Medical Officer at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, ...
GOVERNOR LEE CLARIFIES EXECUTIVE ORDER 83 DIRECTIVES ON COVID-19 VACCINES
Governor Bill Lee's office has sent a memo to Republican lawmakers addressing "conspiracy theories" and clarifying misinterpretations of the governor's latest executive order regarding COVID-19 vaccin ...
COVID-19 REPORT FOR AUGUST 11,2021
Cumberland County: 374 Active Cases +46 New Cases Reported 7,446 Total Cases, 145 Deaths and 182 Hospitalized Since the beginning of reports A Total of 6,927 Cases now reported as Inactiv ...
KNOXVILLE POLICE SEEK HELP FINDING MISSING 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN
KPD investigators are continuing to seek any information regarding the possible whereabouts and disappearance of 26-year-old Desheena Kyle, who has not been seen in nearly two months. Though several t ...
COVID-19 REPORT FOR AUGUST 10, 2021
Cumberland County: 359 Active Cases +22 New Cases Reported 7,398 Total Cases, 145 Deaths and 182 Hospitalized Since the beginning of reports A Total of 6,894 Cases now reported as Inactiv ...
POSSIBLE PHONEY AMERICAN EXPRESS EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO SCAM BUSINESSES
The Sevierville Police Department is warning businesses of a possible scam involving updates to credit card readers. Over the past week, SPD has received several reports of a man purporting to work f ...
TBI MOST WANTED: PHILLIP BOWLING
Phillip Bowling Reward: up to $2,500 Phillip Bowling is wanted by the Scott County Sheriff's Office for 2 counts of Aggravated Kidnapping,1 count of Aggravated Robbery, and 2 counts of Aggravated As ...
FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS REPORTED AT BAYOU STEEL IN HARRIMAN
Just before noon Saturday, a host of Roane County fire agencies responded to a fire call inside Bayou Steel Company in Harriman. When they arrived, they discovered smoke coming from the southend of t ...
